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Recognised as Colour

#E8D8F6

  • #E8D8F6
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Lavender

#E8D8F6 is a violet with RGB values 232, 216, 246 and HSL 272°, 63%, 91%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 15.6:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Lavender.

Colour values

#E8D8F6#E8D8F6
HEX#E8D8F6
RGBrgb(232, 216, 246)
RGB (0–1)0.9098, 0.8471, 0.9647
RGB percentages91%, 84.7%, 96.5%
HSLhsl(272, 62.5%, 90.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(272, 12.2%, 96.5%)
CMYK5.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 3.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer15,259,894
CSS custom property--colour: #E8D8F6;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.72921WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness224.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 15.58:1
Contrast with white1.35:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black15.58:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#DEDEDE
Inverted#172709

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D4DDF7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 8.9 from the original
Deuteranopia#D7DEF5no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 8.8 from the original
Tritanopia#E7DBE2no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 12.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.35:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text15.58:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Lavender · ΔE 8.5Thistle · ΔE 9.3Lavender blush · ΔE 15.1Light steelblue · ΔE 15.9Ghost white · ΔE 16.3Gainsboro · ΔE 16.7
Nearest named CSS colourLavender (#E6E6FA)ΔE 8.5, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E6F6D8
Analogous#D9D8F6, #F6D8F5
Triadic#F6E8D8, #D8F6E8
Split complementary#F5F6D8, #D8F6D9
Tetradic#F6D9D8, #E6F6D8, #D8F5F6

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#D0AFEC
Darker −20%#B785E3
Darker −30%#9F5CD9
Darker −40%#8632D0
More saturated +25%#E8D2FC
Less saturated −25%#E8DEF0

Channel breakdown

R232
G216
B246
Red232 (91%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue246 (96.5%)
Hue272°
Saturation (HSL)62.5%
Lightness90.59%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR E8 · G D8 · B F6

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